Thankfully, so does most of the C of E. It'll be interesting to see what happens to/with the church if (massive if) Reform wins the next election. No doubt Reform will want to encourage their particular brand of faux-Christian discourse in which Jesus is an insignificant woke Palestinian man, as opposed to the Christian values as preached by most of the major denominations for years...
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I detest Reform but think he may be right to claim this as a political stunt.The party's youngest council leader is facing a no confidence vote less than year into the post:
Warwickshire County Council's Reform leader faces no confidence vote
Warwickshire County Council's George Finch is accused of bringing the authority "into disrepute".
Seafood Consumption (2024 Update))
Total UK seafood consumption, both in and out of home in 2022 (latest 2023 Defra family food data) stood at 144.55g /person/wk. down -7.7% vs the previous year. This equates to just over one (1.03), 140g portion per person per week. This means that most people are still only eating around half...www.seafish.org
Fish is not a major source of nutrition for the UK. We just don't eat it.
Many traditional fish and chip shops have gone by the wayside, or at least replaced by more generic fast food outlets who whilst still offering fish and chips don't use traditional methods and thus their offerings are not up to scratch. So whilst it hasn't ceased, certainly it's a lot harder to find good quality fish n chips.
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Not in my bit of Cornwall either. Every village still has a dedicated chip shop, and in Bodmin there’s a chip shop in a van that is semi permanently stationed in an empty field and operate as a kind of drive-thru. They used to have fixed premises but apparently decided to go van-only at some point. The queues stretching around the field would suggest they’re doing well.
I think on average people's consumption of it has gone down.
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My usual news source, the BBC, seems to have missed the comedy of Farage going to Mar-a-lago intending to discuss the Chavos deal with Trump at a dinner. Trump stayed away.
Nigel Farage to discuss Chagos Islands deal at Mar-a-Lago dinner with Donald Trump tonight – as it happened
Reform UK leader told a ‘Save Chagos Boat Party’ yesterday he would be raising the issue in his meeting with the president
Going to? Was much enjoyed on this week's "Page 94" podcast
Also ignoring that Churchill was a Liberal for much of his political career, and as Leader of the Opposition and later PM allowed the development of Butskellism
The latest battle in the culture wars. It makes me laugh how ‘snowflakey’ people like this are, yet accuse the left of being the worst ‘snowflakes’ of all.
Knowing that area very well, especially many of the ex mining communities, you are right. The fish and chip shops are still there, but they are small in number compared to all the other fast food/ take away businesses which have opened up during the last few years. In many of these somewhat rundown ex mining communities the high streets have completely changed.
In theory yes; in practice, there tends to be initial suspicion of and hostility to, those without local roots and/or connections. Makes very little difference whether those people come from the other side of the world or the neighbouring county….
Really? Can't say I've ever considered or questioned anyone's origins before deciding whether to walk into their shop or cafe or whatever.
Not sure I ever have, either ( it certainly wouldn't influence my decision) but unless you've lived all your life in diverse urban communities, I'm surprised you don't recognise the "you aren't from round these parts, are you?" (choose your dialect / accent) attitude. It is, of course, an attitude that is quickly suppressed if "you" turn out to be useful.
But surely no-one thinks Reform can bring back the butchers, banks, hardware shops, etc? They have declined due to the combination of the Internet and cheaper motoring, and I cannot see Reform stopping either of those.
That presupposes that “think” and “vote Reform” go together. “Feel” is more likely.
Presumably those playing the “WOKE NONSENSE!” card have failed to notice the person that has been depicted on the £50 note for some time (for international readers who may not be familiar with British currency, that person is Alan Turing, famous computer scientist and a gay man at a time when that was illegal in the UK. He also played an important role in defeating a far right fascist regime… ).
Tell me you're a far-right-winger without telling me you're a far-right-winger!
Maybe worth noting that a Liberal was not the same as a liberal (the first e.g. Campbell-Bannerman, the second e.g. Nancy Pelosi).
Indeed, but that takes us down a whole different rabbit hole
I remember being puzzled around 1980 to hear Margaret Thatcher described as an 'old-fashioned liberal of the Manchester School', but a friend who had studied economics explained it to me. I recalled we had done Cobden and Bright, Adam Smith, etc. at school, but I flunked history O-level.
They appear to be targeting Bletchley.....
